If I could please come back in the next life as a female chimp, well, that would be great. The L’Oreal company would lose my business, but I’d be happy. I have had complicated reactions to Jane Goodall’s work over the years, but in the main I think her mindset has caused a tectonic shift. […]
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This is a brilliant piece about Xmas excess, the good side. This is a much more serious and chiding piece about Xmas excess ($$$), the shopping phase of which, I must say, turns my stomach a bit. I like lights. Not so fond of greed. In case you didn’t see this in the comments a […]
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Matty B had an interesting question about one of the Seven Deadly Sins today — specifically, how the Brits pronounce “sloth”. I’d think with the long O, but I don’t really know. I love the Seven Deadly Sins. This Wikipedia entry details what they are and how they have evolved. Who knew they evolved? You’d […]
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MeMo actually took a few days off for the holiday, and went in search of Texas. This is not strictly true, but the holiday did involve a trip to the Hill Country, which people in Houston say is the even more attractive part of Texas (to me, this is a relative evaluation, but never mind). […]
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Last night, I was thinking about the diseases and conditions I don’t have. It is one of the things to be grateful for, I guess. But if you watch a lot of TV, you mostly feel left out, and vaguely symptomatic. Last night, I was thinking about how I don’t have COPD. I don’t precisely […]
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What do they call these things here — mudbugs? Anyway, they jockey for position just like you do. In fact, I believe a crawdad is trying to get your job right now — right before Thanksgiving! I think I’ve taken meetings with crawdads like these.
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I’m totally in love with this comment thread in BoingBoing about Terrorist Sinus Sufferers. I, too, am a Terrorist Sinus Sufferer and have been signing my soul away to get stupid little sinus medicine for what seems like a long, long time. There’s nothing un-pseudo about pseudoephedrine! Big Brother knows when you have the sneezles! […]
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